Chapter 3: The Commander's Son Says Greetings to the Duke

"I was looking for you here, Alice."

After Alice accepted my confession, I heard that voice when Alice and I were staring at each other. Alice was taken aback by that voice, then she let go of me, and she turned to me shyly and said,

"Oh, father. Since when..."

"It's just now... did I bother you?"

Duke Reid Misty, Alice's father and the head of the Duke of Misty, said that with a smile. The Duke smiled at Alice, then looked at me and said.

"It's been a while, Arth-kun. You've grown up."

"Long time no see. Duke Misty.

"Oh, so you have something to say to me, don't you?"

The eyes of the Duke who said that were piercing me strongly. I felt like I was intimidated by his eyesight, but I proudly said.

"Duke Misty."

"Hmm?"

"Give me Alice-sama."

When I said that, the Duke looked at me even more strongly and said.

"Is that the line for someone that has been tormenting Alice so much that she couldn't stop His Highness?"

"I completely agree. Until now, I was nothing but a negative factor for Alice-sama. I knew that Alice-sama was suffering and pretended not to see it. But that is also the limit."

"..."

"My feeling of giving up on Alice-sama. I regained that feeling."

"Really?"

At the same time as saying that, the Duke pulls out the sword hanging from his waist and slashes at me. With one hand, I restrain Alice from screaming and trying to stop her, and watch her silently. After becoming this body, I thought that my body was absurdly light, and it seems that my physical ability has increased explosively. All of the Duke's series of movements seem to have stopped, and although he is serious, I can usually understand how to deal with it in my head.

Before long, the Duke's sword cut me in half--the tip of the sword snapped in front of me, and the Duke let out a sigh of admiration.

"Hmm. Did you see the trajectory of my sword? As expected, you're the son of the Knight Commander, the strongest knight in this country."

"I apologize for the excessive evaluation."

"Is the viscount's son proposing to the duke's daughter?"

"I don't think so. If I become the leader of the Knights, Duke Misty will have a strong connection with the Knights of this country. If that happens, Duke Misty will have a greater say in the nobility. It's too much for His Majesty to not ignore it"

The Duke was silent for a while after hearing those words, but he turned his back on me and said, returning the sword to its scabbard.

"If you make Alice cry, I'll kill you. Be prepared."

"thank you"

"Alice. Whenever Arth-kun makes you cry, tell me."

After saying that, the Duke left this place. Perhaps that person had something to do with that person. This time, the engagement was broken, and even though the Duke was there, he didn't seem to leave at all. If I was really worried about my daughter, I would have left, but I probably didn't because there was some merit in that situation.

I don't know what it is, but... well, it's irrelevant now, so you can ignore it.

"Eh, Arth-sama! Are you okay!?"

When I was relieved like that, Alice rushed over here with a worried look.

"Are you hurt? Are you okay?"

I said with a smile while feeling my heart warmed by Alice who was really worried about me.

"It's okay. But I looked uncool to Alice-sama."

"That's right! Rather cool--"

Alice hurriedly shut her mouth when she was about to say that.

It's very easy to understand what I wanted to say, but I said it without trying to imitate it.

"For the time being, I'm glad that you accepted my engagement with Alice-sama."

"Are you eloping?"

"Yes. A knight kidnaps a princess and runs away. Isn't it wonderful that it's like a story?"

Alice makes a slightly happy expression as if imagining that scene. she is so cute Why was the prince able to leave such a cute fiancée alone... Is it ugly? Well, if you look at the heroine objectively, she's cute, so maybe she's not just ugly, but it's still a mystery.

"Now then, what shall we do today?"

"What do you mean?"

"Alice-sama has three options. One is to go home. The second is to stay at my parents' house, and last is where you want to go. Now what?"

"No, it's No. 1! There's nothing else!"

"Oh, do you hate being with me?"

When I said that, Alice said in a panic.

"No, it's not! It's still early, but I'm preparing my heart, um, um..."

Alice babbling. Oh my gosh, what a cute creature! Thinking about that, I said with a smile.

"Understood. Then I'll send you to the mansion today. I want to give you a formal greeting, so I'll continue tomorrow."

"T-Continue..."

"I'll leave it to your imagination."

After saying that, I took Alice, who turned red, to the carriage. By the way, even if I say continuation, it's a continuation of the story, but it's probably not the cute thing Alice imagines. Well, depending on how it unfolds, it might happen, but that would depend on whether or not Alice's cuteness has my reason.